Drinking Water

Definition: Drinking Water

Drinking Water

Noun

1. Water suitable for drinking.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Public Administration

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonyms: Drinking Water

Crosswords: Drinking Water

References

• Drinking Water Equipment in Mexico: A Strategic Entry Report, 1998 (reference)

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Books

• Drinking Water & Groundwater Remediation Cost Evaluation: Granular Activated Carbon (reference)

• Algal Toxins in Seafood and Drinking Water (reference)

• Arsenic in Drinking Water (reference)

• Issues in Potable Reuse: The Viability of Augmenting Drinking Water Supplies With Reclaimed Water (reference)

• Minimizing Chlorate Ion Formation in Drinking Water When Hypchlorite Ion Is the Chlorinating Agent (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Drinking Water & Backflow Prevention (reference)

• Drinking Water Research (reference)

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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Foreign trainees in the field operating a hypo-chlorinator, which is a chemical feed pump used in the disinfection of drinking water. Credit: CDC.

Collecting ice to melt for drinking water Obviously not much water available for showers!. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.

Miners drawing drinking water at Old Ben No. 8 mine, West Frankfort, Illinois. Credit: Library of Congress.

Oil field worker drinking water, Kilgore, Texas. Credit: Library of Congress.

Mrs. Bartheloma dipping water from irrigation ditch for home use. Haul drinking water from town four miles over rough road. Nyssa Heights, Malheur County, Oregon. Credit: Library of Congress.

Florida migratory agricultural workers arrive at their new home near Onley, Virginia. There is no store at this place and the only drinking water is at the next farm. Credit: Library of Congress.

Rogue River National Forest, Jackson County, Oregon. Picnickers. The U.S Forest Service has built camps with outdoor ovens, drinking water, sanitary facilities and tables and benches and shelter houses throughout the national forests. Fire hazards are dec. Credit: Library of Congress.

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Health

Filter water fleas from drinking water. (references)

Basic food safety precautions and regular drinking water treatment prevents shigellosis. (references)

During the recovery phase, drinking water and replacing lost electrolytes are very important. (references)

Business

Especially in France and Great Britain, for example, the lead concentration in drinking water is high. (references)

Poland is particularly intent on reaching European Union standards for effluents and drinking water quality. (references)

To improve water quality, high-end drinking water treatment equipment are thought to have good sales potential. (references)

Children

Malawi

Only one-third of children have easy access to safe drinking water. (references)

Guatemala

According to the National Council on Nutrition and Food Security, 13 percent of the population suffered from low birth weight, and 40 percent of the population lacks access to potable drinking water. (references)

Guatemala

In June the Archbishop's Human Rights Office released an annual report, which noted that malnutrition affected some 46 percent of the country's children; infant mortality impacts 45 children per 1,000. In June and July, several children reportedly died of malnutrition and illnesses associated with contaminated drinking water in the poor rural area of Fraijanes. (references)

Economic History

Kenya

Visitors are advised to filter and boil (or distill) drinking water, or purchase bottled water. (references)

Russia

The beverage processing and packaging industry is producing ever-larger quantities of bottled drinking water. (references)

Yemen

Water Resources Equipment (WRE): Clean drinking water supplies in Yemen's major cities and rural areas are plunging. (references)

Human Rights

Egypt

Cells are poorly ventilated, food is inadequate in quantity and nutritional value, drinking water often is polluted, and medical services are insufficient. (references)

Burma

The ICRC emphasized to the Government the importance of providing for prisoners' basic needs, such as adequate access to drinking water and water for bathing. (references)

Political Economy

INDIA

There are continuing concerns over inadequate infrastructure, especially with respect to roads, ports, power, and drinking water. (references)

Trade

Philippines

Category II includes: alcoholic beverages; food supplements; tea (herbal); bottled drinking water; foods for infant & children; foods for special dietary use; transgenic food products (use of genetic engineering/biotechnology) and; ethnic food products with indigenous ingredient(s) not common in the Philippines. (references)

Travel

Lithuania

Boiling drinking water is recommended. (references)

Guyana

Water is not potable, so all drinking water should be boiled or distilled. (references)

Worker Rights

Jordan

The law specifies a number of health and safety requirements for workers, including the presence of bathrooms, drinking water, and first aid equipment at work sites. (references)

El Salvador

Workers in some maquilas expressed concerns about unhealthy drinking water, unsanitary bathrooms, and eating facilities, and inadequate ventilation (problems with dust and heat). (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "drinking water": drinking water cooler ♦ fresh drinking water. Additional references.

Albanian

ujë i pijshëm. (various references)

Arabic 

‏مياه الشرب. (various references)

Bulgarian 

питейна вода (table water). (various references)

Czech

pitná voda. (various references)

Danish

drikkevand (drinking-water, potable water). (various references)

Dutch

drinkwater (drinking-water). (various references)

Finnish

juomavesi (potable water). (various references)

French

eau potable, eau de boisson. (various references)

German

Trinkwasser (drinking-water, potable water). (various references)

Greek 

πόσιμο νερό (tap water). (various references)

Hebrew 

מים מתוקים (fresh drinking water). (various references)

Hungarian

ivóvíz (drinking-water, potable water, table water, water). (various references)

Italian

acqua potabile (drinking-water, potable water). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

飲料水 , 飲水 , 飲み水 . (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

のみみず, い�"りょうすい. (various references)

Pig Latin

inkingdray aterway

Portuguese

agua potável, água potável (potable water). (various references)

Romanian

apã potabilã. (various references)

Russian 

питьевая вода (drinking-water). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

voda za piće (table water). (various references)

Spanish

agua potable (drinking-water). (various references)

Swedish

dricksvatten (clear water, potable water, treated water). (various references)

Turkish

içme suyu. (various references)

Ukrainian

питна вода. (various references)

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